< span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">We started the day by climbing the Scott monument in the middle of Edinburgh. We needed to by fresh since we climbed over 200 steps to go up. The steps are so narrow in places you cannot pass people going down – so someone has to back up. At times I had trouble making it through the narrow tunnels and my backpack was rubbing against the roof. We went up in three sections so we could stop for a breath and sightseeing every 65 steps. The views were magnificent due to excellent visibility. We have been blessed with good weather in Scotland – any rain has been followed by sunshine within the hour. After the Monument we split up - Tim to visit churches and the girls to shop. We met for lunch in the Princes Street gardens and ate in the warm sunshine. The girls then did a marathon walk to Holyrood Castle and the Scottish Museum before our next reunion. Holyrood was very interesting but the Gardens and ruined Abbey behind Holyrood were impressive. We reunited in the halfway house pub and after dinner we walked the university district, which showed us another side of the interesting architecture in this city. 
We all agree that Edinburgh is a dramatically beautiful city.
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